Browsing Tag

swim

  • facing my swimming fears.

    I know I’m not alone in my fear of open water swimming. There’s been twitter talk between friends about it recently and procrastination of even toeing the lake water (yes, I’m guilty of this…

    07/13/2012
  • race report // freedom fest sprint triathlon

    There’s rarely a trip out of town when the bikes aren’t in tow. Mine’s traveled to the rusty red roads of western North Dakota, my hometown in northwestern Minnesota, scorching Oklahoma, and later this…

    07/10/2012
  • weekly workouts // july 2

    Monday, July 2 – today started another rejuv week… whoa, the past three weeks went quickly! Nick and I joined our P2 teammates for a quick spin down Minnehaha, around Nokomis and meandered back…

    07/09/2012
  • weekly workouts // june 18

    Monday, June 18 – rest day. Nick and I joined our fellow P2-ers for happy hour on the Happy Gnome patio, as Liz was home from Alaska. Great to see you, Liz! Looking forward to…

    06/25/2012
  • weekly workouts // may 28

    Monday, May 28 – swimming felt SO good today, and to top it off, I had the pool to myself for most of it (happy Memorial Day… and, thank you to everyone who has…

    06/03/2012
  • committed to tri [training].

    I wholeheartedly committed myself to triathlon training Thursday night. After much thought – and realizing I wouldn’t be a decent triathlete if I didn’t train properly and stop beating up my body with a…

    05/19/2012
  • race report // take the hill tri

    Completing a triathlon has been on my life to-do for years, and on Saturday, I finally checked it off the list. My first tri = a success! When the alarm sounded at 5a, we…

    05/01/2012